Weighing scale



H. F. DUNN. WEIGHING SCALE.

Feb. 27, 1923.

3 SHEET SHEET 2.

FILED MAY10| I916.

Feb. 27, 1923. 1,446,552. I v H. F. DUNN.

WEIGHING SCALE. FILED MAY 10. 1916- 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- '40, scale embodying myinvention, with '45 the wiring Fi 4 is a transverse sectlo'n' taken substan- Patented Fb. 27,1923.

' a 1i v1,446,552

HENRY r. D NN,

or ANDERSON, mmaim, ASSIGNOB 'ro 'roLnno scam:

contrm,

OF, TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

WEIGHING SCALE.

Application filed Kay 10, '1916. Serial No. 96,510.

deizson, in the county of Madison and State 6 of Indiana, have invented certain new and inseful Improvements in .WeighingScales, of which the following is a specification. 1

My invention relates to weighing scales, and more particularly to automatic scales for weighing persons and commodities.

The primary object of my invention is to provide an automatic scale-,havinga novel 7 and attractive form of indicating mechanism a load placed upon denoting the weight of large, clear, 11111111]- 15 the scale. platform in nated figures. r I

QA further object is to provide an electr1-" cally-actuated indicating means for weiglring scales co-operating with 'a;pos i t1vely-actuated weighing mechanism.

Anotherobjectis to so construct and arrange the weighing mechanism of the-' 'scale .with respect to the electrically-actuated 1ndi'cati rig mechanism that the weighing mechanism may complete its full operation without affecting the indicating mechamsm, and the indicating mechanism can then be I brought into operation by any des red means, i as, for example, by manually moving a lever, or by coin-operated mechanism. v Other objects and advantages Wlllfl. pear from the following description, in whic refi erenoe is had to the accompany ng drawings illustrating a (preferred embodiment of my invention, an in WhlCh similar reference numeralsdesignate similar parts throughout the. severalviews." I In theairawiingsze- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a weighitxlilg e. "frontplate or dial removed; 2 is 'an elevation of the-upper portion .0 the scale mechanism, with the front plate in normal positionyFig. 3 is adiagrammatic view of mechanism preferably utilized;

daily on the .line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 i a detail vertical section taken substantially on. the'line 5-5 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6isa detail. perspective view of aportion of the indi /cating mechanism; Figures 7 and 8am detail vertical sections taken substantially on stantially on the metallic strap or suitably mounted in bracketslt adjacent and the leverage s ployed in c the the lines 7-; and 8-8 of Figure 4; and- Flgure 9 is a detail cross section taken subline 9-9 of Figure 8. Referring to the drawings, 5 designatesthe hollow base supporting at one end a column 6 upon which is mounteda casing 7 in, which is suitably mounted, the -weighing *mechanism and indicating mechanism of my improved scale. The weighing mechanism comprises a pendulum 8 pivotally mounted- 1n bearings carried by brackets formed on the framework '9 which-issuitably securedwithin the casing 7, as by bolts 10 (see Fig. 1). The segment -11 of the pendulum is :connected by the flexible band 12 with the drum 13 the upper portion of the, casing, the band passing around the-curved faces of the segment and drum respectively and-being suit. ably secured as b retaining screws 15. A larger segment 1 is fixed upon the same shaft 16 which carries the-drum'13, and the flexible strap I8 is secwred at one extremity to the segment 17 passes over thearcuateface thereof, and is secured at its opposite end to the rack 19, the lower extremity of v which is c onnectedwith the steelyard rod 20,, 50 v as clearly shown in ig. 1. v v The hollow base 5 is adapted to contain a leverage system (not shown) upon which. is

supported a platform or 'goods receiver'21' m is suitably connected with thelower end of the steelyard rod 20 as is usual in scales of this character. It is to be understood that any suitable platform and platfo \lever mechanism may be emnixectionFwith in improved weighing mechanism, the weigliing mecha-' msm herein shown being designed to satisfactdril operate when employed invarious kinds '0 scales, as, for example, in portable, T dormant-or hanging scales;- 7 The rack 19 meshes with a pinion 22 mounted upon a stub shaft 23 carried by the framework 9 (see- Fig. 4), the pinionlf22 meshing-.with the pinion 2a fixed on the trans'vers'e-shaft25 which also carries them gear'26'. The gear 26 meshes .in turn witha pinion 27 fixed on the shaft 28 carrying V r 29. meshing'with the pinion 30' fixed on the shaft- 31, The' number'of teeth the transverse on the pinions 27 and 30"-with relation to the number of teeth on the gears 26 and 29 is preferably in the proportion of 1:10, so

- that the rotation of the gear 26 will multiply tenfold the rotations of the pinion 27 and gear 29, which gear will in turn multiply tenfold the rotations of the pinion 30. While this is the preferable multiplication, it'is to be understood that any other desired niultiplication may be used, for example, if it is desired to show ounces of weight, the proportion of the pinion secured to the ounce indicating shaft with reference to the gear meshing therewith would be as 1:16. Suitable contact arms 32 are fixed upon the arbors of the gears26 and 29 and the pinion 30, said arms carrying light spring contacts adjacent their free ends, and being suitably connected by electric wires to the feed line 50 of a. lighting circuit. Slidably mounted upon bosses 33 upon the framework 9 are sleeves 34 carrying at their rear extremities suitable disks 35 upon which are mounted a plurality ofi nsulated segments 36, as clearly shown iii Figs. 8 and 9. Each of the insulated segments is connected by suitable wiring with one pole of an electric lamp 37, the other pole of which is connected withtlle feed wire of the lighting cireuit, as shown in Fig. 3. These lamps are arranged in rows adjacent the front plate of the scale and all of the segments on one disk are 1 connectedwith the lamps in one row; Means are to be provided to project the sleeves 34 carrying the segments 36 into engagement with the contact arms 32 whenever it is desired to indicate weights. Various means may be used for this urpose, and may be actuated manually, rom coin-controlled mechanism or otherwise, as desired. In the embodiment herein shown for illustrative purposesflthe sleeves 34. are connected by yokes 38 with the shaft 39 mountedi on the 6- forward portion of the framework 9 below the bosses 33, as shown in Fig. 5, a crank arm 40 on said shaft 39 being connected, as by the link 41, with a lever 42 mounted on the casing 7 adjacent the upper extremity of the column 6. A knob 43 or other suitable means for rocking the lever 42 projects through a slot 44 formedi'n the casing 7. The force which moves the indicating mechanism of'the scale rapidly diminishes as the -scale approaches balanced position, the force available for moving the indicator over the graduationsi adjacent those indicating the true weightbeing infinitesimal. It is imperative, therefore, for accurate weighing that the operation of the indicating mechanism be substantially frictionless.' If the contact members 32 and 36 were in engagement during movement of the indicating mechanism, the friction between these members would cause the scale to stick and therebyprevent accurate weighing.

The rows of lamps 37 are preferably arranged in shown in ig. 2, and are covered by elongated translucent members 45 eachbearing opaque indications of numerals serially arranged from zero to nine, one of said nu: merals being directly in front of each of the lamps 37. The reverseiof this arrangement could, of course, be used .witjhthe numbers translucent on an opaqt e support. In the operation of the scale, a load placed upon the platform .21 will exert a downward pull upon the rack 19 lifting the pendulum 8 to a position offsetting tlielweight of the load andsimultaneously rotating the pinion 22 to set in motion the trainof gears 26, 29

1parallel relation, substantially as and 30 whereby the, contact arms 32 are rotated in accordance with the amount of displacement given to the pinion 22 from the rack 19. It will be understood that the rotation of the pinion 22 will be multiplied in accordance with the proportional number of teeth in the train of gears and pinions carrying-the contact arms 32 so that the said contact arms; will be rotated through different angular distaiices to various angular positions, according to the weight of the .load on the platform 21. The contact arms 32 having thus been set-by the movement of the rack 19, the knob 43 is grasped and the lever 42 rocked to rotate the shaft 39 j 345 lbs. were placed upon the platform oiv the scale, the movement of the rack 19 and pinion 22- would actuate the train of gears 26, 29 and 30 so as to move the contacts 32 into such position that when the disks were moved into engagement therewith, those insulated segments 36 on the disks connected respectively-with the lamps directly behind the numeral 3 on the left hand row, of the lamps, 'the numeral 4 in the next row of.

lamps, and the numeral 5 in the third row of lamps, as shown in Fig. 2, will engage the contacts 32, completingthe circuits so that these lamps will be illuminated. From the rows of numerals, therefore, only the numerals 3 in. the left .hand row, 4- in the second row. and am the third row will be illuminated. and the weight of the load being weighed will be clearlyshown and will be visible fora considerable distance (le spite the fact that the scale be used in a dark room or warehouse, a mine shaft, etc. I While it will be apparent that the illus- 40 ing 50 various angular trated embodiment of my invention herein disclosed is well adapted to adequately fullfill the objects of the invention stated, it is to be understood that primarily many other forms and structures maybe employed, this inventionbeing susceptible to modification,

variation .and change without departing fi'oni'the spirit and scope of the subjoined i being electrically means movable into contact-with said selec- "weighing mechanism thereof, mechanism including ,connected to said illuminating device, and means for bringing said contact means intoengagement to actuate said illuminating device.

. 2. In a scale and in combination with'the weighing mechanism thereof, indicating mechanism including contact means mechanically connected to said weighing mechanism,

- tain of the second said contact means into other contact means, means for moving cerengagement with the first said contact means, andian illuminating circuit arranged to be closed by such engagement.

3. In a. scale, 'in combination, weighing mechanism; and indicating-mechanism in- ,cluding a selective device operatively connected to the weighing-mechanism, contact tive device, and an-electric indicator in cir cuit with said selective device and said contact means.

4. In a scalef'in combination, weighing mechanism, and indicating means includ- 7 separated from device and said contact means.

' weighing mechanism,

a selective device actuated by theweighing mechahism and movable to various ani contact means normally the selective device and movable into contact therewith, and an electricindicator in circuit with said selective gular positions,

5. In a scale, in combination, pendulum and indicating mechanism including a selective device actuated by the weighing mechanism and movable to.

positions, contact means normally separated from the selective de-. vice and movable intocontact therewith, op-

."erating means for moving said contact -means, and electrically-actuated indicating means for exhibiting the indications in cir-v cuit with said selective device andeaid contact means.- a

6.- In a scale, .in combination. weighing mechanism, and indicating mechanism in- 'cluding a selective deviceactuated by the of gearsrespectivelycarrying rotative con:

weighing mechanism and incl u'ding-a train tacts, contact, means normally separated of the selective mechanism, villuminating lamps "is lighted i I 12. In a scale and in combination with the .weighing mechanism thereof, a train of from the selective device and movable into contact therewith, and an electric indicator incircuit with said selective device and said contact means I 1 -7. In a scale, weighing mechanism, indicating mechanism including, a' selective mechanism actuated by the weighing mechanism and-including a train of gears, respectively carrying rotative contacts, and indicating meansfor exhibiting theweightfincontact plates movable into cbntact'with the rotative contacts of the selective mechanism. 8.. In a scale, weighing mechanism, indicating mechanism including a selective mechanism actuated by the weighing mech dications including a plurality of insulated anism and including a train of gears respectively carrying rotative contacts, and indicatingmeans for exhibiting the weight indications comprising a plurality odisks having spaced insulated segments thereon movableinto engagement with the rotating contacts of the selective mechanism.

9. ,In a scale, weighing mechanism, indi 'cating mechanism including a selective mechanism actuated by the weighing mechaincluding' a train ,of gears respectively carrying rotative contacts,- and indicating meansfor exhibiting the weight indications comprising a plurality of disks having spaced insulated segmentsthe eon movable into engagement with the rotating contacts and series of respectively electrically connected with said segments.

- 10. In a scale, and in combination with the weighing mechanism thereof, indicating means including a selective mechanism-actuated by the weighing mechanism, series of illuminating lamps arranged in view of the o erator, and a plurality of spaced contact p ates respectively connected with said amps and slidable into contact with said selective mechanism.

.11. In a scale and in combination with the weighing mechanism thereof, indicating mechanism including contact means mechanically connected to 'said, Weighing mechanism, other contact ,me-ans normallyd1sengagedfrom the first said contact means, a-

gears arranged to be rotated from the weighingf mec-han sm and carrying a plurality of rotative contacts, a plurality of discs carrying insulated segments arrangedto be contacts when desired, and indicating mechmoved into-engagement with said rotative anism arranged to be illuminated when said ing insulated segments mounted for slidable movement into engagement with said rota- 10 tive contacts'when desired, and indicating mechanism arranged to be illuminated when said discs and rotative contacts are in engagement.

HENRY F; DUNN. Witnesses:

ANNA S. Lomsn, MARGARET DUNN. 

